Wilderness School

The Wilderness School
Latin: Semper Verus Always True
Location
Medindie, South Australia Australia
Information
Type	Independent, Single-sex, Day and Boarding
Denomination	Non-denominational
Established	1884
Principal	Mrs. Jane Danvers
Enrolment	~750 (R–12)[1]
Colour(s)	Brown and Blue
Website	www.wilderness.com.au

Wilderness School is an independent, non-denominational Christian, day and boarding school for girls, located in Medindie, an inner northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.

Established by the Brown sisters in 1884, Wilderness is a Reception to Year 12 school, and also caters for Year 13. The school currently enrols approximately 750 students, including up to 80 boarders.^[1] In 2003, The Australian declared The Wilderness School one of the ten highest achieving schools in Australia.^[2]

Wilderness School is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),^[3] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),^[4] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association,^[1] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA) ^[5] and the Independent Girls' Schools Sports Association (IGSSA).

Uniform

In 2000, Wilderness changed its uniform, and became one of the first traditional private schools in Adelaide to allow girls to wear pants instead of the traditional winter skirt.

Sport

Wilderness maintains the sporting grounds at Park 6 on Robe Terrace, for use as hockey, lacrosse and soccer fields. Other sporting facilities include a gymnasium which was completed in 2005, and a boatshed at the South Australian Rowing Association complex at West Lakes for rowing.

House system

The Wilderness School has five houses, through which all girls partake in intra-school activities:

• Amaryllis (Pink)
• Antholiza (Blue)
• Carob (Green)
• Cedar (Purple)
• Sparaxis (Orange)

Notable alumnae

• Annabel Crabb – the ABC's chief online political writer, formerly political columnist with The Age^[6]
• Ally Fowler – Actress^[6]
• Posie Graeme-Evans – Novelist; Producer; Director of Drama, Nine Network; Co-creator of Hi-5 and McLeod's Daughters (also attended The Fahan School)^[7]
• Catherine Ellis – Journalist; reporter on ABC's 'Behind The News'; contributor on Seven Network's 'The Bounce'
• Georgie Parker, member of the Australian National Hockey Team. ^[8]
• Beccy Cole, Australian singer-songwriter

See also

• List of schools in South Australia
• List of boarding schools

References

1. "Wilderness School". Schools. Australian Boarding Schools' Association. 2008. Archived from the original on November 17, 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
2. The Australian- Wilderness School award (accessed:26-06-2007)
3. "School Directory". South Australia. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-07-19. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
4. "JSHAA South Australian Directory of Members". South Australia Branch. Junior School Heads' Association of Australia. 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
5. Butler, Jan (2006). "Member Schools". Members. The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
6. Green, Jonathan (2005-03-30). "Famous alumni on Latham's hit list". Politics (Crikey). Retrieved 2007-08-06.
7. Suzannah Pearce, ed. (2006-11-17). "GRAEME-EVANS Posie". Who's Who in Australia Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd. Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help);
8. http://www.hockey.org.au/index.php?id=522

External links

• Wilderness School Website

Coordinates: 34°54′S 138°37′E / 34.900°S 138.617°E